Wyoming official: federal stimulus records 'mess'

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Nov 2, 2009 at 7:38 PM MST

Story Updated: Nov 2, 2009 at 7:38 PM MST

CHEYENNE, WYOMING - A top Wyoming official says various federal agencies gave the state conflicting instructions about how to calculate the number of jobs the federal economic stimulus program has created in the state.

Lynne Boomgaarden is director of the Office of State Lands and Investments and heads the state's Recovery and Reinvestment Team. Boomgaarden told members of the Wyoming Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee on Monday that the state's latest estimate is that state and local stimulus spending has created or retained the equivalent of 466 jobs.

Boomgaarden also that the new federal Web site that's designed to track federal payments to the states is "a mess" and contains errors including faulty information on stimulus funds allocated to Wyoming.

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